Thomas Parnell
Who is Thomas Parnell
Thomas Parnell (11 September 1679 – 24 October 1718) was an Anglo-Irish poet and clergyman who was a friend of both Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift.
He was born in Dublin, the eldest son of Thomas Parnell (died 1685) of Maryborough, Queen's County (now Portlaoise, County Laois), a prosperous landowner who had been a loyal supporter of Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War and moved from Congleton, Cheshire to Ireland after the Restoration of Charles II. His mother was Anne Grice of Kilosty, County Tipperary: she also owned property in County Armagh, which she left to Thomas at her death in 1709. His parents married
in Dublin in 1674. Thomas was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and collated as Archdeacon of Clogher in 1705. In the last years of the ...
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Thomas Parnell Poems
- The Book-worm
Come hither, Boy, we'll hunt to Day
The Book-Worm, ravening Beast of Prey,
Produc'd by Parent Earth, at odds
(As Fame reports it) with the Gods.
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- A Fairy Tale In The Ancient English Style
In Britain's Isle and Arthur's days,
When Midnight Faeries daunc'd the Maze,
Liv'd Edwin of the Green;
Edwin, I wis, a gentle Youth,
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- On A Lady With A Foul Breath
Art thou alive? It cannot be,
There's so much Rottenness in Thee,
Corruption only is in Death;
And what's more Putrid than thy Breath?
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- Hark The Thundring Drums Inviting
Hark the thundring Drums inviting
All our forward youth to arms
Hark the trumpets sounds exciting
Manly Soules with fierce alarms
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- Now Kind Now Coy Wth How Much Change
Now kind now coy wth how much change
You feed my fierce desire
As if to more extravagance
Youd manage up the fire
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- Reye1234765: “fierce as the proling wolves at close of day, and swift as eagles in pursuit of prey.” –thomas parnell
- Randall_stps: “we got to burn the evil spirits out of her.” herblock satirizing congressmen richard nixon, j. parnell thomas, and karl mundt for their anti-communist crusading, washington post, 5/15/1948.
- Mmtazz505: “fierce as the proling wolves at close of day, and swift as eagles in pursuit of prey.” –thomas parnell
- Davutozgur432: “fierce as the proling wolves at close of day, and swift as eagles in pursuit of prey.” –thomas parnell
- Mmtazz505: “fierce as the proling wolves at close of day, and swift as eagles in pursuit of prey.” –thomas parnell
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